Steve Goodier Wisdom: Making Those Obstacles Vanish

In this inspirational article, master storyteller, Steve Goodier, shares a key piece of life wisdom . Enjoy!

American President  once said, “Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.” It’s true!

Look what happened once to a North Carolina church that wanted to purchase some property. The church regularly suffered from high tide flooding. But when the church was built over a hundred years ago, they couldn’t afford better property. Read more

Steve Goodier Wisdom: When the World Says, “NO!”

In this inspirational article, master storyteller, Steve Goodier, shares a key piece of life wisdom . Enjoy!

When Henry Ward Beecher was a young boy in school, he learned a lesson in self-confidence, which he never forgot. He was called upon to recite in front of the class. He had hardly begun when the teacher interrupted with an emphatic, “No!” He started over and again the teacher thundered, “No!” Humiliated, Henry sat down.

The next boy rose to recite and had just begun when the teacher shouted, “No!” This student, however, kept on with the recitation until he completed it. As he sat down, the teacher responded, “Very good!” Read more

Steve Goodier Wisdom: Be a Good One

In this inspirational article, master storyteller, Steve Goodier, shares a key piece of life wisdom . Enjoy!

Pablo Picasso, the great Spanish painter and sculptor, once said this about his ability: “My mother said to me, ‘If you become a soldier, you’ll be a general; if you become a monk, you’ll end up as Pope.’ Instead, I became a painter and wound up as Picasso.” No lack of confidence here!

But he would have agreed with Abraham Lincoln. “Whatever you are, be a good one.” He demonstrated the wisdom of that advice with his own life. And in this present age, which often seems to be contented with mediocrity, his words summon a yearning for improvement and growth.. Read more

Steve Goodier Wisdom: This Magic Moment

In this inspirational article, master storyteller, Steve Goodier, shares a key piece of life wisdom . Enjoy!

Writer H.G. Wells once noted, ” to the fact that each moment of life is a miracle and a mystery.” Do you live as if each moment is a miracle and a mystery?

A golf enthusiast listed three mental techniques to improve anyone’s golf game. (Even mine, and I golf about as well as a slug wages war….) These techniques are not just about golf, however. They are mental attitudes that can help you live as if each moment were truly a miracle and a mystery. Here they are: Read more

Steve Goodier Wisdom: When You Have Problems

In this inspirational article, master storyteller, Steve Goodier, shares a key piece of life wisdom . Enjoy!

A humorous story tells about a speeding motorist who was caught by radar from a police helicopter in the sky. An officer pulled him over and began to issue a traffic ticket. “How did you know I was speeding?” the frustrated driver asked.

The police officer pointed somberly toward the sky. “You mean,” asked the motorist, “that even He is against me?” Read more

Steve Goodier Wisdom: What Do You Need?

In this inspirational article, master storyteller, Steve Goodier, shares a key piece of life wisdom . Enjoy!

Do you know what you really need? I’m not talking about material things. I mean, what do you need to make your life all you want it to be?

Author Stephen Covey says that people all share four basic needs: the need to live, to love, to learn and to leave a legacy. Read more

Steve Goodier Wisdom: Love Without Measure

In this inspirational article, master storyteller, Steve Goodier, shares a key piece of life wisdom . Enjoy!

Freda Bright says, “Only in opera do people die of love.” It’s true. You really can’t love somebody to death. I’ve known people to die from no love, but I’ve never known anyone to be loved to death. We just can’t love one another enough.

A heart-warming story tells of a woman who finally decided to ask her boss for a raise in salary. All day she felt nervous and apprehensive. Late in the afternoon she summoned the courage to approach her employer. To her delight, the boss agreed to a raise. Read more

Steve Goodier Wisdom: When Others Suffer

In this inspirational article, master storyteller, Steve Goodier, shares a key piece of life wisdom . Enjoy!

People should never have to suffer loss alone. Yet, how do you comfort those who mourn? It is no doubt one of the most important things we can do for one another. And sometimes one of the most difficult.

Experts tell us, among other things, to simply say, “I’m sorry” or “I  love you.” They warn us against trying explain away the death or loss; against theologizing or philosophizing about it. Often, the less said, the better, so long as you are present, you care and you listen. Read more

Steve Goodier Wisdom: Setting Your Outlook

In this inspirational article, master storyteller, Steve Goodier, shares a key piece of life wisdom . Enjoy!

A man who fell off a skyscraper was heard to say as he passed the 12th floor, “So far, so good!” One might say he was an optimist.

I believe in optimism. I believe that there is great power in an optimistic attitude, especially when it is grounded in reality. Read more

Steve Goodier Wisdom: When the Message Light Doesn’t Blink

In this inspirational article, master storyteller, Steve Goodier, shares a key piece of life wisdom . Enjoy!

Seeing one of her neighbor’s children playing alone, a woman asked him where his brother was. “Oh,” he said, “he’s in the house playing a duet. I finished first.”

Too many people find themselves playing a duet alone. Too many people are lonely. They rise alone in the morning, they eat meals alone, they watch television alone and retire alone in the evening. They have too few friends and family to share their lives with. It feels as if they should be playing a duet or an ensemble and everyone else finished first. They are more than alone; they are lonely. Read more

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